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cn coin 8866

Connected to Type

CN Type 442 🔍

Mint
Mesembria 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

244-249 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
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Legend obverse ΑVΤ Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ *ΑVΓ* Μ Ω//ΤΑ ϹЄΒ*ΗΡ*/Α
Design
Confronted busts of Philip the Arab, laureate, and of Otacilia Severa, diademed.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse ΜΕϹ-ΑΜΒ-ΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Design
Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder in right hand and cornucopia in left arm. Border of dots.
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Persons

Sitter: Philippus Arabs 🔍  

Sitter: Otacilia Severa 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
26 mm
Weight
10.56 g
Owner

Provenience: Solidus Numismatik, Online Auction 11, 14. Januar 2017, Lot-Nr. 170

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 357, nr. 4271 ❐

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 428, nr. 282-285 ❐

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 428, nr. 282-285, pl. 146, pic. 282-285 ❐

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 357, nr. 4269 ❐

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cn coin 8866, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_8866 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]

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